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The Europa League quarter-finals get underway on Thursday evening and three British sides are still in with a chance of glory in the competition.
One of those looking to salvage an otherwise disastrous season is Manchester United, who head to France for their first-leg fixture against Lyon.
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Rayan Cherki to score or assist at 6/4
Rayan Cherki has been touted as a future star of French football for years, and the 21-year-old has been living up to the billing for Lyon this season.
Cherki scored the winner in Lyon’s 2-1 win over Lille at the weekend to take his tally to nine goals and 18 assists in his 36 appearances in all competitions, averaging a goal contribution every 89.5 minutes. Eight of his assists have come in the Europa League, and he could make a big impact on Thursday.
Bruno Fernandes to score or assist at 13/10
Manchester United have failed to score in their last two games, but they were incredibly unfortunate to blank against Nottingham Forest last week and had the better of the opportunities in the goalless Manchester derby on Sunday.
The Red Devils should be able to return to the scoresheet against a Lyon side that have conceded seven times in their last three games, and the most likely contributor is captain Bruno Fernandes.
Fernandes has scored 16 and assisted 14 for his club this season and ten of those goal contributions have come in his last nine appearances, including a hat-trick against Real Sociedad in his last Europa League game.
Georges Mikautadze to have 1+ shot on target at 2/5
Georges Mikautadze is expected to lead the line for Lyon on Thursday and the Georgia international is having a good season so far.
He scored in his last start against Strasbourg at the end of March and has had at least one shot on target in 11 of his last 12 appearances for club and country, despite only starting eight of these games. In fixtures he has started, Mikautadze has tested the opposition goalkeeper in ten consecutive appearances.
Manuel Ugarte to be shown a card at 11/5
Kobbia Mainoo is nearing a return to action, but Manuel Ugarte is still expected to start in the Manchester United midfield and the Uruguayan has made a name for himself as a fiery character.
Despite starting just 28 times this season, Ugarte has amassed 11 yellow cards in all competitions and he was booked for Uruguay in last month’s international break. He has been carded six times in his last 11 starts for club and country and looks good value to get into trouble again in Decines-Charpieu.
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